Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and Anne Applebaum Ask How Does a Stoic Resist Tyranny?

<p>On today’s Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Anne Applebaum <em>(</em><a href='https://geni.us/rbkAgr'><em>Gulag: A History</em></a><em>, </em><a href='https://geni.us/xmNUCj'><em>Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine</em></a><em>, </em><a href='https://geni.us/h9QvF'><em>Twilight of Democracy</em></a><em>)</em> about recent global political developments: the rise of authoritarianism in Western nations, the struggle against this movement, and how to fight for and defend democracy.</p><p>Anne Applebaum is an expert on 20th- and 21st-century authoritarian governments. She has written books describing the authoritarian actions of the Soviet Union <em>(</em><a href='https://geni.us/rbkAgr'><em>Gulag: A History</em></a><em>, </em><a href='https://geni.us/xmNUCj'><em>Red Famine</em></a><em>) </em>and has written recently about modern-day authoritarianism in Eastern Europe and the West, both as a journalist at publications like <em>The Atlantic </em>(in articles like <a href='https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/07/trumps-collaborators/612250/'>“History Will Judge the Complicit”</a>) and the <em>Washington Post </em>and in her newest book, <a href='https://geni.us/h9QvF'><em>Twilight of Democracy</em></a><em>. </em>Applebaum currently lives in Poland.</p><p>This episode is brought to you by <a href='http://givewell.org/stoic'>GiveWell</a>, the best site for figuring out how and where to donate your money to have the greatest impact. <a href='http://givewell.org/stoic'>GiveWell’s</a> team of researchers works countless hours to determine which charities make the most effective dollar-for-dollar contributions to the causes they support. Since 2010, <a href='http://givewell.org/stoic'>GiveWell</a> has helped over 50,000 donors donate over 500 million dollars to the most effective charities, leading to over 75,000 lives saved and millions more improved. Visit <a href='http://givewell.org/stoic'>GiveWell.org/stoic</a> and your first donation will be matched up to